New music from Azam Ali. The singer from Vas and Niyaz goes all electronic on a new album called Phantoms. We’ll hear a track from this downtempo, modern spiritual lament.
UNKLE is the recording project of James Lavelle. He’s got a pair of albums The Road Part I and Part II, that explore darker themes with some of his best music in years.
Guitarist Michael Gulezian comes in to Echoes to perform live. This virtuoso player has an original approach to acoustic guitar, which can be heard on his new recording, Thunder Heaven Light.
Mary Lattimore is a diva of new music harp who has performed with Harold Budd, Kurt Vile, Thurston Moore and dozens of others with her electric instrument. We talk about ambient harp.
Hear the mesmerizing guitar orchestrations of David Pritchard from his album, Evanescent. It’s an album of minimalist guitar mosaics and the Echoes’ August CD of the Month.
We hear the R&B dream pop electronics of Beacon live when the Brooklyn duo music live. We’ll also hear an interview with Eve Maret, whose electronic roots include Krautrock and Suzanne Ciani.
Ambient chamber music composer Kevin Keller talks about going back to the future of his electronic roots to compose the retro electronic sound of his latest album, Ice Worlds.
Hear Bluetech, remixed. The electronic composer has just released Liquid Geometries in Dub. We’ll also hear a retro electronic musician who records as Ametrom.
Bat For Lashes returns with singer Natasha Khan’s synth-laden dream pop, on a new album called Lost Girls. We’ll also hear from Steve Roach’s new one called Bloom Ascension.
There aren’t a lot of plugged in female musicians in the world but I have one who is trying to change that, synth-pop artist Eve Maret. She talks about her music and debut, No More Running.